Hans steinhoff biography

Hans Steinhoff (10 March 1882, Marienberg – 20 April 1945) was a German film director, best known for the propaganda films he made in the Nazi era. Steinhoff started his career as a stage actor in the 1900s and later worked as a stage director. He directed his first silent film Clothes Make the Man, the adaption of a novel by Gottfried Keller, in 1921. Steinhoff was a convinced Nazi and directed many propaganda films, he sometimes even wore his Nazi party membership button on the film set. His most notable films were perhaps Hitlerjunge Quex (1933), an influential propaganda film for the Hitler Youth, and Ohm Krüger (1940), for which he won the Mussolini Cup at the 1941 Venice Film Festival. On April 20, 1945, during the last war days, Steinhoff tried to escape from Berlin on the last flight to Madrid. The plane was shot down by the Soviet Red Army and all passengers died.

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Hans Steinhoff (10 March 1882, Marienberg – 20 April 194

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Johannes Steinhoff

German general and fighter pilot during World War II (1913–1994)

Johannes Steinhoff
Steinhoff in 1966
In office 1971–1974
Preceded by	Sir Nigel Henderson
Succeeded by	Sir Peter Hill-Norton
In office 1966–1970
Preceded by	Werner Panitzki
Succeeded by	Günther Rall
Born	(1913-09-15)15 September 1913 Bottendorf, Province of Saxony, Prussia, Germany
Died	21 February 1994(1994-02-21) (aged 80) Wachtberg-Pech, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany
Resting place	Cemetery in Villip, Wachtberg
Spouse	Ursula Steinhoff
Relations	Ludwig Hahn (brother-in-law) Michael Bird (son-in-law)
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords Great Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic American Legion of Merit French Legion of Honour
Nickname	Macky
Allegiance	Nazi Germany (to 1945)  West Germany
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